Courtney
asked
Gail Carriger:
Ms. Carriger, you are a seasoned Con attendee and cosplayer. I helped with a local convention's first Emergency Cosplay Repair Booth and I'm asking to run the next one. What would your ideal Cosplay Repair Booth have on offer? And if Lord Akeldama wanted to add anything, I always relish his input as well!
Gail Carriger
Quick thoughts:
Sewing repair kit
Many colored ribbons inc grosgrain and binding tape
Free hand sticher is nice
Sewing machine and surger?
Hot glue gun
Hat pin blanks
All size safety pins, diaper pins are good too
Clear nail polish (fixes runs in nylon, stop a seam from fraying)
Stain remover (I like those tide pens)
Fabrise or other smell remover
Fuse (iron on for fixing delicate fraying materials, used often in vintage)
Iron
Steamer
Scissors in all shapes and sizes including kitchen sheers
Buttons
A kitchen blow torch for melting if you have a serious costumers con who use plastics and metals
For fun, badge ribbon blanks & sharpies
I'd also create a badge ribbon to hand out to people who used your services like: "I got fixed!" or something.
That's all I got for now!
Best of luck, and what a fun thing to be doing!
~ Gail
Sewing repair kit
Many colored ribbons inc grosgrain and binding tape
Free hand sticher is nice
Sewing machine and surger?
Hot glue gun
Hat pin blanks
All size safety pins, diaper pins are good too
Clear nail polish (fixes runs in nylon, stop a seam from fraying)
Stain remover (I like those tide pens)
Fabrise or other smell remover
Fuse (iron on for fixing delicate fraying materials, used often in vintage)
Iron
Steamer
Scissors in all shapes and sizes including kitchen sheers
Buttons
A kitchen blow torch for melting if you have a serious costumers con who use plastics and metals
For fun, badge ribbon blanks & sharpies
I'd also create a badge ribbon to hand out to people who used your services like: "I got fixed!" or something.
That's all I got for now!
Best of luck, and what a fun thing to be doing!
~ Gail
More Answered Questions
Ula'ndi Hart
asked
Gail Carriger:
Dear Gail, I'm asking here because you don't have a Q&A on G L Carriger's profile. ;-) Please for the love of all things nesting and noodley tell us that The 5th Gender will NOT be the first and last book?? You simply can't leave us like that! It will be a crime to humanity.
Lαυɾҽɳ
asked
Gail Carriger:
I love that your books take place in a Victorian setting and feature strong women in fabulous, sometimes absurd clothes. Knowing that you love vintage fashion as well as I do, would you ever consider expanding the world your books are set in outside of the Victorian era into Regency or the jazz age or further (I guess that would be considered diesel punk instead of steam punk)?
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